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Collapsing revenues, rising layoffs: the coronavirus crisis is battering media outlets across Africa that were already struggling for cash and often facing pressure from hostile authorities. The news of cutbacks was sudden and painful for journalists at two of...

N'Djamena, June 9, 2020 - Chad's repeatedly delayed legislative elections set for December this year have been postponed again owing to the new coronavirus pandemic, the election commission said Tuesday without giving a new date. The scheduled vote has been delayed...

Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis as of 7 June 2020. More than 400,000 deaths The pandemic has killed 400,581 people worldwide since it surfaced in China late last year, according to an AFP tally at 1900 GMT on Sunday, based on official...

French troops who killed senior Al Qaeda leader Abdelmalek Droukdel in the Sahel region of Africa this week work alongside several allied military missions.  Here is a roundup of anti-jihadist operations in the area. Barkhane Operation Barkhane is the biggest French...